The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 16%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 26%.
Aterian Inc
ATER · NASDAQ · USD · Market cap $12M · 74 employees
Aterian, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer products company in North America, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, and internationally.
PASS · Titan Ethical · score 70.0Screen close, 2026-09-21 · not a live quote
Last reviewed 12 days ago
Screened 2026-09-21 · the tape above runs as of 19:05 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 0.67 against the desk's fair-value range, over the last year.
- Trend Markup
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical passes the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markup label.
Aterian Inc holds its Markup at $0.67. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 10 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 10 days |
| Price at the screen | $0.67 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · -0.31 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.84 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 15.65% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 15.7% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 24.75% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 24.7% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.15% | Below 5% | Only 0.2% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Clears, in Plain English
Aterian clears all five screens. Its business is in a permissible area, its interest-bearing debt is about 16%, inside the ~33% line, and almost none of its income is interest, so it passes.
Read as at 2026-10-03. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
The Business, in Plain Words| Forward P/E | -0.3x |
| EPS, trailing | -2.26 |
| EPS, forward | -2.24 |
| Revenue growth | -92.0%revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | -24.5%currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -104.0%not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| FCF yield | -32.99% |
| Debt to equity | 0.30minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 2.13comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.84steadier than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.01% |
| 52-week range | 0.35 - 1.87 |
| Moat | NONE |
| Market cap | $12M |
| Employees | 74 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 38.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 16%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 26%.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 62.8% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 16%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 26%.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 8.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 16%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 26%.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 16%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 26%.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
- Aterian, Inc. (ATER) Announces Separate Transactions Related to its Strategic Alternative Process Insider Monkey · 7 May 2026
- ATER Sells Core Brands for $18M — Major Shakeup Signals Strategic Reset InvestorsHub · 28 Apr 2026
- Aterian Inc (ATER) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Shifts Amid Revenue Challenges GuruFocus.com · 14 Nov 2025
- Aterian (ATER) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Motley Fool · 13 Nov 2025
- Aterian: Q3 Earnings Snapshot Associated Press Finance · 13 Nov 2025
Headlines from third-party outlets, linked for reference: not our reporting, not advice.
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| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| 2026-08-20 | Scott Peters | Democrat | buy | 100K–250K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $1.12 | +5.4% | · | $1,054 | +5.4% |
| 2 months | $0.67 | +75.1% | · | $1,751 | +75.1% |
| 3 months | $0.58 | +103.5% | · | $2,035 | +103.5% |
| 6 months | $0.89 | +32.1% | · | $1,321 | +32.1% |
| 1 year | $1.41 | -16.3% | · | $837 | -16.3% |
| 2 years | $2.47 | -52.2% | · | $478 | -52.2% |
| 3 years | $6.50 | -81.9% | · | $181 | -81.9% |
| 5 years | $189.72 | -99.4% | · | $6 | -99.4% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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